I am always flummoxed by the writing process. Some days the words tumble out, and it is all I can do to catch them. A joyful emptying and flow that invites me along for the ride. Other times, it is brutal. I paddle in circles, or my boat is sinking as I madly bail, the water coming in as fast as I can toss it out...
It helps to clear away the piles surrounding my desk, sharpen my pencils...how I love the smell of newly sharpened pencils, stack my post-its and yellow pads. Then walk away. The work will come.
So, I am immersed in reading a memoir. Bathing myself in another woman's words. It's all I want to do. Escape into a life story with a different rhythm. Safely. Under the covers of my own bed...
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I think reading is essential to writing...you were refueling.
ReplyDeleteMemoirs are particularly good, aren't they? You can hear the voice.
ReplyDeleteI find sometimes the best writing happens when the subject comes in a flash, unexpectedly. But you can't court that - so just writing for exercise keeps your chops up.
I adore memoir. I just started Tina Fey's and it is doing its trick for me--escapism and humor along with some thinking.
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